Research fields:
Design engineering and Origami Engineering
Research themes:
Design of deployable structures based on the science of origami / Creation and clarification of new functionalities of the deployable structures
Main books and papers:
◆“Design of cylindrical honeycomb cores – Geometric consideration –” Mechanical Engineering Journal, Vol. 5, No. 4, 18-00147, 2018
◆“Design and Experimental Analysis of Origami-inspired Vibration Isolator with Quasi-zero-stiffness Characteristic” (Co-authored) ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 139, No. 5, 051004, 2017
◆“Design of Deployable Membranes Using Conformal Mapping” (Co-authored) ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 137, No. 6, 061404, 2015